Weekend in Fights! February 2nd Edition

February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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This Weekend in Fights! (February 2nd, 2013) WIF FEB 2featured Bellator 87, the annual Superbowl weekend card with UFC 156, Legacy Fighting Championship 17,  and ONE FC 7.

Bellator 87 kicked of the weekend with the opening round of the season 8 Lightweight tournament at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Eight men entered, four advanced. David Rickels outlasted and scored a gassed out Lloyd Woodard. Quebec’s Guillaume De Lorenzi was knocked in 31-seconds by last minute replacement Saad Awad after Patricky Freire pulled out of the tournament. Will Brooks out wrestled Ricardo Tirloni to advance with a unanimous decision, and Thiago Michel was submitted by Alexander Sarnavskiy with a rear-naked choke in the second round. (Full Bellator 87 event results below.)

On Friday night Legacy FC held their 17th event at  Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas.The main event featured Bellator and Sengoku veteran Dan Hornbuckle versus UFC, TKO, veteran Pete Spratt. Hornbuckle would snap his two-fight losing skid with a unanimous decision over Spratt, who sees his two-fight win streak come to an end. Younger brother of Middleweight UFC veteran Jake Rosholt, Heavyweight Jared Rosholt bounced back from a knockout loss in his last fight. The 2010 NCAA Division I runner up picked up a unanimous decision over Richard Odoms. (Full Legacy FC 17 event results below.)

The weekend’s main attraction was UFC 156 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Every Superbowl weekend the UFC holds one of their biggest cards of the year, and they did not disappoint. In a “Superfight” UFC Featherweight champion squared off against former UFC Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for the title. Champion Jose Aldo would walk away with a unanimous decision to retain his title in a five round war that should have crowned Edgar as champion. Unable to finish Aldo, Edgar was once again handed a loss due to the judges.

In the co-main event Antonio Rogerio Nogueira picked a huge win over Rashad Evans. Lil Nog scored a unanimous decision victory against a fighter who has “lost his smile” since losing to Jon Jones. Damien Maia continues to impress at Welterweight with his fourth straight victory and his biggest one in the division to date. Maia defeated longtime Welterweight kingpin Jon Fitch by unanimous decision.

In the biggest shocker of the night the returning Alistair Overeem was knocked out in the third round by Antonio Silva. No one gave Silva a chance going into this bout, and he had clearly lost rounds  one and two. Overeem appeared to be on his way to a unanimous decision victory, when Silva rushed at him in the opening one minute with a relentless combination of strikes. Against the cage Overeem had nowhere to run, and was dropped and finished at the 25-second mark. (Full UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event results below.) 

Also on Saturday, ONE FC 7 took place at the Putra Indoor Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The main event featured the crowning of the inaugural ONE FC Featherweight  title; the bout was a reschedule one that should have taking place at ONE FC 6, but was cut due to  time constraints. Honorio Banario captured the title with a fourth round TKO due to an eye injury against Eric Kelly.

ONE FC kicked off the Malaysia National Featherweight championship tournament with two bouts in the opening round. Jian Kai Chee picked up a unanimous decision over A.J. Lias Mansor to advance, while Melvin Yoeh submitted Raymond Tiew in the second round with a triangle choke to advance. In the Bantamweight Grand Prix quarterfinal on the card Thanh Vu made quick work of last minute replacement Mohd Yeoh with a barrage of knees and punches to end the bout 63-seconds in. Vu now joins semifinalist’s Jens Pulver, Masakatsu Ueda, and Kevin Belingon. (Full ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors event results below.)

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Thursday Night Fights –

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Bellator 87 results:Bellator-87-Poster

David Rickels def. Lloyd Woodard via unanimous decision – lightweight-tourney opening round

Saad Awad def. Guillaume De Lorenzi via KO (punmch) – 0:31 – Round 1 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Will Brooks def. Ricardo Tirloni via unanimous decision – lightweight-tourney opening round

Alexander Sarnavskiy def. Thiago Michel via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:43 – Round 2 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Jason Fischer def. Sevak Magakian via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:37 – Round 1

Ben Lagman vs. Sam Quito via submission (kneebar) – 3:54 – Round 2

James J.P. Reese def. David Shepard via unanimous decision

Karl Etherington def. Jason Fish via TKO (retirement) – 3:45 – Round 1

Amir Khillah def. John Schulz via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:34 – Round 1

Tony Zelinski def. Nick Kirk via split decision

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Friday Night Fights –

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Legacy Fighting Championship 17 results: Legacy-FC-17-Spratt-Hornbuckle-poster

Dan Hornbuckle def. Pete Spratt via unanimous decision

Jared Rosholt def. Richard Odoms via unanimous decision

Kevin Aguilar def. Nick Gonzalez via unanimous decision

Johnny Ray Rodriguez vs. Ray Rodriguez via submission (armbar) – 3:00 – Round 1

Patrick Ybarra def. Billy Buch via submission (flying armbar) – 1:29 – Round 1

Reynaldo Trujillo def. James King via TKO (punches) – 1:16 – Round 1

Prelims:

Daniel Jolly vs. Larry Hopkins via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

Chris Lopez def. Melvin Jordan via unanimous decision

Jamal Emmers def. Ernest De La Cruz via unanimous decision

Marco Hernandez def. Cameron Martin via submission (rear-naked choke) – 2:59 – Round 1

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Saturday Night Fights -

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UFC 156 – Aldo vs. Edgar results:UFC 156

Jose Aldo def. Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision – retains featherweight title

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Rashad Evans via unanimous decision

Antonio Silva def. Alistair Overeem via KO (punches) – 0:25 – Round 3

Demian Maia def. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision

Joseph Benavidez def. Ian McCall via unanimous decision

FX prelims:

Evan Dunham def. Gleison Tibau via split decision

Tyron Woodley def. Jay Hieron via KO (punches) – 0:36 – Round 1

Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:25 – Round 3

Issac Vallie-Flagg def. Yves Edwards via split decision

Facebook prelims:

Dustin Kimura def. Chico Camus via submission (rear-naked choke) – 1:50 – Round 3

Francisco Rivera def. Edwin Figueroa via TKO (punches) – 4:20 – Round 2

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ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors results:ONE FC 7

Honorio Banario def. Eric Kelly via TKO (eye injury) – 1:01 – Round 1 – captures inaugural ONE FC Featherweight title

Shinichi Kojima def. Rey Docyogen via submission (guillotine choke) – 4:47 – Round 2

Lowen Tynanes def. Vuyisile Colossa  via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:37 – Round 3

Peter Davis def. Leo Krishna via TKO (doctor stoppage) – 2:01 – Round 1

Adam Kayoom def. Zuli Silawanto via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

Thanh Vu def. Mohd Fouzein via TKO (punches & knees) – 1:03 – Round 1 – bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal

Melvin Yeoh def. Raymond Tiew via submission (triangle choke) – 3;29 – Round 2 – Malaysian featherweight-tourney opening round

Jian Kai Chee def. A.J. Lias Mansor via unanimous decision - Malaysian featherweight-tourney opening round

Gianni Subba def. Saiful Merican via submission (armbar) – Round 2

Jake Butler def. Antoni Romulo via TKO (punches) – Round 1

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Weekend in Fights! (February 11th-15th)

February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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This Weekend in Fights! (February 11th) was that of past UFC veterans battling across the globe for various local promotions. Some of those veterans include  Jamie Varner, Drew Fickett, Tommy Speer, Kyle Watson, Chase Gormley, Sean McCorkle and other journeyman such as Bob Sapp & Rolles Gracie.  Also included in this edition of Weekend in Fights is the results of UFC on Fuel 1 which took place on Wednesday February 15th.

The weekend kicked off on Friday with XFC 16: High Stakes in Knoxville, Tennessee and Legends of Fighting 51: Little Giants in Indianapolis, Indiana. At XFC 16, Jamie Varner continued his winning ways since being released from the WEC, with a 40 second knockout of Drew Fickett. Also on that card, Chase Gormley picked up a unanimous decision over Brandon Sayles. (Full XFC 16: High Stakes event results below.)

At Legends of Fighting 51 former UFC Heavyweight Sean McCorkle picked up a submission victory over Mike Williams with an arm triangle choke in just under 90 seconds in the very first round. (Full LOF 51: Little Giants event results below.)

On Saturday, Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 began the action in the afternoon in Beirut, Lebanon at the Habtoor Grand Hotel Convention Center & Spa. The event saw two UFC veterans and TUF Alumni battle in a losing effort, as Kyle Watson suffered a TKO loss when he was cut open by his opponent Juha-Pekka Vainikainen with only 34 seconds left in the second round. Tommy Speer also lost his bout against Mats Nilsson by being submitted with an arm triangle choke in the second round. (Full Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 event results below.)

ONE FC went down at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The card featured two known journeyman battling it out as Bob Sapp took on Rolles Gracie. Gracie won the bout via submission, but not in “Gracie Fashion” as he punched his way to victory, forcing Sapp to quit. (Full One FC 2: Battle of Heroes event results below.)

Aggression MMA went down at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta with Ringside Report Radio guest Ryan Ford   securing his fifth victory in his last six fights, while Victor “The Matrix” Valimaki ended a three-fight skid with his first win since 2009. In addition, top prospects “Big Bad” Stephen Beaumont ,Sheldon Westcott , and Luke Harris all grabbed big
submission victories. The standing room-only crowd witnessed incredible
fight action, and in the end, it set the tone for a big 2012 for Aggression
MMA. (Full Aggression MMA 9 event results below.)

On Wednesday the UFC presented their first fight card on Fuel TV with a headliner of Deigo Sanchez versus Jake Ellenberger in the final three round main event ever. After 2 very convincing rounds Jake Ellenberger found himself in a lot of trouble in the final frame of the third round, as Sanchez took over the fight on the mat with ground and pound and submission attempts. However, because Ellenberger was able to last and had won the previous two rounds the bout was awarded to him, as he continues his seven fight win streak. The huge dude Stefan Struve picked up an impressive TKO victory over Dave Herman. Herman picked Struve apart in the first, but after an uppercut from Struve it was all down hill for Herman, as he was mounted and beaten up. As far as impressive goes on the card, Ringside Report Radio guest Ivan Menjivar picked up the submission of the night when he forced John Albert to tap in an exciting one round bout. Menjivar was able to fight off Albert’s dangerous attack, gain control and the win. TJ Dillashaw was the other impressive bantamweight fighter on the card and hey laid a serious three round beat down on Walel Watson, with two rounds being scored 10-8.  TUF 12 Winner Jonathan Brookins won his bout against Vagner Rocha with tremendous ease with three punches to knock him out. Even with that impressive knockout, it didn’t earn him the Knockout of the Night, as those honors went to Stipe Miocic with 43 second knockout of Phillip De Fries.  (Full UFC on Fuel TV 1 event results below & Audio Results click here.)

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Friday Night Fights:

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XFC 16: High Stakes results:

Jamie Varner def. Drew Fickett via submission (punches) – Round 1, 0:40

Josh Samman def. Mikey Gomez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:37

Marianna Kheyfets def. Heather Clark via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00

Chris Wright def. Len Cook via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Chase Gormley def. Brandon Sayles via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Amaechi Oselukwue def. Gerardo Julio Gallegos knockout (strikes) – Round 1, 1:23

Dustin West def. Stoney Hale via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:23

Scott Holtzman def. Brandon Demastes via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:44

Chris Coggins def. Jay Meneghello via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:48

Daniel Crockett def. Shane Matchette via unanimous decision

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Legends of Fighting 51: Little Giants results:

Ray Lopez def. Chris Price via Submission (Punches) – 0:52 – Round 2

Sean McCorkle def. Mike Williams via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) – 1:29 – Round 1

Christopher Collins def.  Rudy Grau via Submission (Guillotine) – 3:42 – Round 1

Chico Camus def. Daniel Aguirre via Unanimous Decision

Alptekin  Ozkillic def. Andrew Hoffman via Unanimous Decision

Tom McKenna def. Quinn Broomfield via Submission (Brabo Choke) -2.52 – Round 1

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Saturday Night Fights:

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Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 results:

Juha-Pekka Vainikainen def. Kyle Watson via TKO (doctor’s stoppage due to cut) – Round 2, 4:26
Mats Nilsson def. Tom Speer via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 4:17
Matteus Lahdesmaki def. Graham Turner via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:19
Faycal Hussin def. Gareth Joseph via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:14
Victor Cheng def. Matt Gabel via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:49
Domingos Mestre def. John Donnelly via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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ONE FC 2: Battle of Heroes results:

Felipe Enomoto def. Ole Laursen via submission (Rear Naked Choke)-3:49- Round 2

Bae Young Kwon def. Honorio Banario via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 0:56- Round 1

Rustam Khabilov def. Rodrigo Robeiro via Unanimous Decision)

Gustavo Falciroli def. Soo Chul Kim via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 1:12-Round 1

Rolles Gracie def. Bob Sapp via Submission (Punches) -1:18-Round 1

Victorio Senduk def. Raymond Tiew via TKO (Knee Injury) -4:02-Round 1

Geje Eustaquio def. Alex Silva via Unanimous Decision

Irshaad Sayed def. Jessie Rafols via KO (Body Punch) -1:49-Round 1

Pete Davis def. Ngabdi Malyudi via Submission (Triangle choke) -3.54-Round 3

Zuli Silawanto def. Angus Nanang via TKO (Pucnhes) -0:47 -Round 1

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Aggression MMA 9 results:

Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford def. Ricky Goodall via TKO (elbows) – 3:37- Round 1

Victor “The Matrix” Valimaki def. Tim Chemelli via TKO (punches) -
1:21 – Round 2

Stephan Beaumont def. Nick Heynan via Submission (rear-naked choke)-
2:57 -Round 1

Sheldon Westcott def. Jay Jensen via Submission (guillotine choke) -
0:26 -Round 1

Matt Bagshaw def. Greg Welsh via Submission (heel-hook) -0:38 – Round 1

Jarod McComb def. Chase Dagenhardt via TKO (doctor stoppage) – 0:45 -3rd round

Luke Harris def. Elliot Duff via Submission (rear-naked choke) -0:52 – Round 1

Paulo Azambuja def. Adrian Cardinal via Submission (rear-naked choke)
- 0:17 – Round 1

KB Bhullar def. Simon Shirt via TKO (punches) – 4:28- Round 1

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Wednesday Night Fights:

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UFC on Fuel TV 1 results:

Jake Ellenberger def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Stefan Struve def. Dave Herman via TKO (punches from mount) – Round 2, 3:52

Ronny Markes def. Aaron Simpson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Stipe Miocic def. Philip De Fries via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:43

T.J. Dillashaw def. Walel Watson via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

Ivan Menjivar def. John Albert via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:45

Facebook prelims:

Jonathan Brookins def. Vagner Rocha via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:32

Justin Salas def. Anton Kuivanen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Tim Means def. Bernado Magalhaes vis unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

 

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